The only 2 things i can think of is durability being gone, which by all means doesn't make the game easier, just waaaaaaay less annoying.

The other is phoniex mode, which is again an easier option for those that suck at the game. It doesn't have anything to do with Us, or players that actually going in for well.... a strategy game

 
since we can use our wepons forever, the game is indeed easier.

Not really...this isn't a retroactive change. The game is (theoretically) being balanced taking these changes into account. This means that instead of being able to cheese through hard fights by whipping out the OP weapon you've been saving, you will be expected to maintain a certain level of attack power through your characters and you will always be at or close to the point the game expects you to be at, leading to a more smooth difficulty curve.

The fact that this change was made by simply removing an element that was tedious and uninteresting makes me think that the change only makes things better.

It doesn't make it that much easier, also we dont know fully yet because of what the content is in the game.

What i mean is since We dont need to rebuy all these weapons over and over, there is a huge chance we'll see limited amount of a certain weapon (example only 3 Killing Edges can be obtained) or a much steeper price for each weapon (ex: Lets say Killing Lance was about 1500 gold in previous games, this game it might be 6000-8000 gold)

Even if it were to remain the same pay and have alot of a weapon inthe game, it doesn't make things that much easier, again just less annoying!

Too much text brah.

And doesnt the weapons now have like a negative impact on the use?  

I really hope this gets move up and become one of the pre-holiday/holiday titles...
But treehouse is probably busy with XBX :(

Sounds like it will be hard.

Whilst I would have greatly preferred there to be a "classic mode", it sounds like a lot of the new stuff could add alternate levels of strategy and skill, which is something I look forward to greatly.

This hand ax thing is pretty cool too. Makes them less useful now there's no issues with durability.

What does IF stand for?